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Old December 26th 09, 08:09 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military.naval
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Default Fast Boat Threat Faces Hail of Hellfires

On Dec 25, 5:25*am, "dott.Piergiorgio"
wrote:

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the ~8km range of the hellfire and the inherent low stealthiness of
helos on the open sea preclude stand-off attacks against ships above
~400 tons, that is, capable of carrying guns from 57mm up and/or
missiles around the seasparrow size.

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Dott. Piergiorgio.


Isn't that what Penguin is for?:

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/agm-119.htm